Discover our unique creation process!
At Placote, each educational game and family tool is tailor-made to meet the specific developmental needs of children. Our creative process is distinguished by a rigorous approach combining educational expertise and innovation. Each step, from design to manufacturing, is carefully crafted to offer products that are enriching, stimulating and suitable for every age group.
Dive behind the scenes of our unique know-how, where knowledge and passion meet to create games and tools that make a real difference!
Step 1
Design
We combine our unique know-how of more than 25 years in creating educational games with the most recent scientific studies in child development to define and target, with a scientific committee, the development objectives of different child skills. We obtain educational objectives that are relevant, different and will make a real difference for the child. We then develop a custom game or tool specifically designed to develop targeted skills taking into account the age and development of the child and their abilities.
Step 2
Artistic Creation
Once the educational content is ready, our artistic team gives birth to the ideas. We want it to be a pleasure to play, but also a pleasure for the eyes! This is the stage for graphic artists, designers and illustrators, 100% creative and inventive people who will create a beautiful, unique imaginary universe as well as colourful, funny and endearing characters for each of the products. But it is also the stage of educational know-how acquired over the years: how to be attractive without being too distracting? Which font will be easier to read? Which target image will be well recognized by the child? A set of small details that add up and make the difference!
Step 3
Prototypes & Tests
Once the ideas have been formatted, it's time to put the first prototypes in the hands of the targeted children. Will they like the game? Will they understand the instructions? Is the difficulty well balanced? Do they want to play again? Is the design too distracting? The parameters of our tests are numerous and can lead to a ton of corrections and improvements in order to have a game or a tool that meets Placote expectations.
Step 4
Production & Assembly
We are now at the last step! We send the visual elements to our production team! Several machines then come into play: printers, machine to make boxes with 100% recycled rigid cardboard, laminator, digital cutting machine... It's a real orchestra that plays for weeks! Once all the elements are printed and made available, we assemble them all by hand. After rigorous quality control, they are finally ready!
